Re: Cleaning up "contrib/"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 5, 2025, 19:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5xieq3fs.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aBhZHA7av8bWH9Ac@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

Show 6 quoted lines

> Many of the tools in "contrib/" fall into this category, and to the best
> of my knowledge there isn't really a clear strategy for that directory.
> So from my perspective, we should either rethink whether it is worth it
> to have "contrib/" as part of Git, or we should at least do a spring
> cleanup and drop bits that haven't seen any love in the last couple of
> years.

Things in contrib/ should either move up (to become a part of the core), move out (to become an independent project), or disappear.

But isn't git-svn not even part of contrib/?